From Curbed Atlanta:
"Atlanta’s cracked and crumbling sidewalks have long hindered people with physical handicaps who are just trying to get around town.
But as of June 11, three Atlanta wheelchair users have lodged a class action lawsuit against the city, claiming its walkway infrastructure isn’t in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal statute that protects differently abled people from discrimination.
The lawsuit describes beat-up concrete, broken stone walkways, and hazardous overgrowth of trees or bushes blocking pedestrian thoroughfares—many times even for people who don’t use wheelchairs to get around."
"Atlanta’s cracked and crumbling sidewalks have long hindered people with physical handicaps who are just trying to get around town.
But as of June 11, three Atlanta wheelchair users have lodged a class action lawsuit against the city, claiming its walkway infrastructure isn’t in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal statute that protects differently abled people from discrimination.
The lawsuit describes beat-up concrete, broken stone walkways, and hazardous overgrowth of trees or bushes blocking pedestrian thoroughfares—many times even for people who don’t use wheelchairs to get around."
Photo credit: sidewalk crack by Bradley Gordon, flickr creative commons
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